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C. W. BARDEEN, PUBLISHER 

1894 



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^ GLIMPSE 



OF 



GRAM MAR LAND 



^ PAEOE 



BY 



M. FRANCES BROWN 



INTERLEAVED, FOR NOTES AND STAGE DIRECTIONS 







SYRACUSE, N. Y. 

C. W. BARDEEN, PUBLISHER 

1894 



Copyright, 1894, by C. W. Bardeen 






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Judge Grammar, 
Sergeant Parsing, 
Dr. Syntax, 
Nme parts of speech. 



Characters 

Mr. Noun, 
Miss Pronoun, 
Miss Adjective, 
Sagged little Article, 
Tiresome Interjection. 



Madam Verb, 
Ad Verb, 
Preposition, 
Conjunction, 



Note. — Characters may be costumed in many different ways. For instance, 
Judge Grammar wears gOwn and wig. Adjective and Pronoun have name 
on belt or sash. Noun wears breast-plate with name in gilt upon it. Prepo- 
sition carries shield with word divided into Pre-position. Sergeant Parsing 
wears zouave suit and is very military throughout. Pantomime of characters 
continues during the speaking of individual lines. Interjection wears a cap 
made of wire and covered with white tissue paper in such a manner as to 
represent an exclamation point, with the head for a period. Article is dressed 
in rags and his name is put on his back in crooked straggling letters. Madam 
Verb represents a fussy, bustling woman, with two curls on each side of the 
face, carries a large fan, and scorns Ad Verb, who fawns upon her constantly^ 



(3) 



A GLIMPSE OF GRAMMARLAND-A FARCE 



A court scene. Judge Grammar and Dr. Syntax seated at a 
table on platform. 

Judge Grammar (wakened from a comfortable nap, growls out) 
— Brother Parsing, Dr. Syntax, Here ! 

Brother Parsing, this racket must be stopped. What are they 
fighting about ? I divided the words clearly enough once among 
the nine parts of speech. Why cannot they keep the peace ? 

Sergeant Parsing. — My Lord, the fact is that it is a long 
time since you portioned out the words, and the Parts of Speech 
since then have been left to do pretty much as they like. Some 
of them are greedy, and have stolen their neighbor's words. Some 
of them have obtained new words which the others say they had 
no right to make, and some of them are even inclined to think 
that Dr. Syntax is old-fashioned and need not be obeyed. In fact, 
unless your lordship takes the nratter in hand at once, I am afraid 
the good old laws of Grammar-land will all go to wreck and ruin. 

Judge Grammar. — That must never be ; that must never be. 
We must stop it at once. Go and summon all my court before me. 

(Acting of various parts of speech, who come in and quarrel with 
each other in pantomime. Mr. Noun, with little Article clcse be- 
hind, comes to front of stage, and Sergeant Parsing grabs Noun 
by the coat collar. 

Sergeant Parsing. — What is your name ? 

(5) 



6 A GLIMPSE OF GEAMMAELAND 

Mr. Noun. — Name. 

Sergeant Parsing. — Yes, your name. 

Mr. Noun. — Name. 

Judge Grammar. — Do not trifle, sir, — what is your name ? 
Answer at once, and truly. 

Mr. Noun. — I have answered truly. My name is " Name", for 
'noun means name. The name of everything belongs to me, so I 
am called Mr. Name, or Mr. Noun, which means the same thing, 
and my words are all nouns. 

Sergeant Parsing. — Well, if you have the name of everything 
we can see, touch, taste, smell, hear, or think about, all I can 
say is I hope you are satisfied, and do not claim any more words 
besides. 

Mr. Noun. — Yes, sir, the house, the bird, a book, an apple, my 
goodness, his badness, these people, that wig {pointing to Judge 
Grammar's wig.) 

Sergeant Parsing. — What is the matter ? Who dares to 
interrupt the court ? 

{Article and Adjective and Pronoun come pushing forward, cry- 
ing, and fighting, while Judge Grammar tries to quiet the con- 
fusion. ) 

Judge Grammar. — Bring them up before me. What is the 
matter, sir ? Who are you ? {Turning to Article.) 

Article {in tearful voice). — My name is Article or Little Joint. 
I have only two words in all Grammar-land — a and the, and I lend 
them to Mr. Noun whenever he asks for them fairly, but, your 
lordship, it is very hard (boo-hoo) that they should be claimed as 
they were just now, as if they belonged to Mr. Noun, when he is 
so rich, and I am so very, very poor. 



A GLIMPSE OF GRAMMARLAND 7 

Judge Grammar. — Is it true, Brother Parsing, that little 
Article is always ready to wait upon Mr. Noun ? 

Sergeant Parsing. — Quite true, my lord. Indeed, I have 
often been able to discover Mr. Noun by catching sight of little 
Article running on before him, for wherever you see an a or an or 
the you may be sure that Mr. Noun will have a word of his own in 
somewhere near. 

Mr. Noun. — I cannot see that little Article is of much use to 
me at any time, but he has an old habit of coming with me where- 
ever I go, and when I have no one else I don't mind having him. 

Sergeant Parsing. — I have one question to ask. This little 
Article said that he has only two words in all Grammar-land — a, 
and the. I wish to ask him what he says to an ; as you say an 
egg, apple. Surely an belongs to him also. 

(Article trembles and looks around in distress at everything 

about him, while Pronoun breaks in by singing — to the tune of 

Auld Lang Syne :) 

Tom took Maria on the ice ; 

It broke, and she fell in ; 

He got a rope and in a trice 

He pulled her out again. 

If they had both been drowned, you know, 

If they had both been drowned, 

Folks would have said, "I told you so ", 

If they had both been drowned, 

Sergeant Parsing. — Here, here. What is all this confusion ? 

Pronoun (to herself. — There it stands for ice and she for Maria, 
and he for Tom and they for Tom and Maria together ; and in 
speaking to him (pointing at the Judge) I'll say your wig, and not 
Judge Grammar's wig. 



A GLIMPSE OF GRAMMAELAND 

Judge Grammar. — You need not say anything about my wig. 
Mind your own words, and tell us what others you have. 

{Here Miss Adjective and Mr. Noun both attach Miss Pro- 
noun saying excitedly.) It is mine ! I know it is ! Fll ask the 
Judge if it is not ! 

Pronoun. — I'll ask him too. My lord, lier is mine, and Adjec- 
tive wants to take it from me. But when I claimed it in court 
before, she said nothing. 

Adjective. — I thought the more — but I suppose you would 
give it up quietly, without all this fuss. 

Pronoun. — I would if it were yours — but it is not. 

Adjective. — It is. I tell you it is! 

Judge Grammar. — Silence ! Brother Parsing, be kind enough 
to question both Adjective and Pronoun, that we may know the 
cause of the quarrel, and hear what each has to say for himself. 

Sergeant Parsing. — Certainly, my lord. Adjective, what 
word do you claim ? 

Adjective. — My, thy, his, her, its, our, your, their, etc. 

Sergeant Parsing. — Well, Miss Pronoun, tell how you make 
them out to be yours. 

Pronoun. — Nothing is easier. These words stand instead of 
nouns, and therefore, the} iust be pronouns. When you say ' ' my 
thumb ", my lord, you mean Judge Grammar's thumb, so my stands 
instead of the noun, Judge Grammar. And when you say " Little 
Bo-peep has lost her sheep," you mean Little Bo-peep's sheep, there- 
fore her stands instead of Little Bo-peep. So all of such words 
are clearly pronouns, and are used in just the same way and there- 
fore must be pronouns, too. 

Judge Grammar. — It would seem so. But it is all very well 
to say must, and Miss Pronoun says they must be hers. 

Pronoun. — My lord, she claims all the words of mine that are 
used before a noun. This, that, these, those, for instance. 



A GLIMPSE OF GRAMMAELAND 9 

Adjective. — Of course I do, for when you say " this bird, that 
horse, these rabbits, those people ", this, that, these, and those are 
clearly used with a noun, not of one. 

Pronoun. — Ah! but when you say "Look at this," "Take 
that," " May I have these ? " " Burn those ! " are they then used 
with a noun ? 

Judge Grammar (to himself). — It seems to me that sometimes 
they are adjectives and sometimes pronouns. 

Adjective. — That is just what I say, my lord, and if you will 
allow it, I think I know of a way that will make peace between us 
directly. Let us call them Adjective-Pronouns, and have them 
between us. 

(Adjective and Pronoun recite together, coming to front of 

platform. ) 

Two sparrows had a fight to-day, 
Each sparrow with a worm did play. 
One pulled at it, so did his brother, 
Neither bird would yield to the other. 
Had either given up, at least 
His brother would have had the feast ; 
But while they fought, a thrush came by, 
And with the worm away did fly. 

Pronoun. — Well, who is altogether mine, for you cannot say 
" who way", "who book ", "who man ", or anything of that sort. 

Interjection {running about among them) — Hoo! hoo ! hoo ! 
ha ! ha ! ha ! he ! he ! he ! Old Adjective beaten ! hurrah ! bravo ! 

Sergeant Parsing. — It is Interjection (diving after him into 
the crowd). 

Judge Grammar. — Critic, seize that fellow and bring him here. 

(Acting on the part of Interjection. He is finally caught and 
qrought fonvard, when the Judge says sternly) Interjection, you are 
the last of the Parts of Speech and have no business to interrupt 
the court now. Let me not hear you again till your turn comes. 

Interjection. — Alas ! Alas ! Mr. Parsing says I am only a poor 



10 A (iLIMPSE OF GRAMMARLAND 

little fellow thrown in (that is what my name means) to express 
surprise or fear, joy or sorrow. When folks do not know what to 
say next, one of my little words pops in, and poor Mr. Parsing is 
at his wits' end to know what to do with it. Ah ! Ah ! Off ! Off ! 
Away ! Away ! — ha ! ha ! ha ! " 

{Here Madam Verb comes bustling up and says :) 

Madam Verb. — My lord, my name is Verb. I am called Verb 
because verb means word, and the verb is the most important word 
— the word in fact, in every sentence. May I show you some things 
that I can do, Judge Grammar ? I should like to sing a short col- 
lection of my choice verses to you. Pronoun will you kindly assist 
me a few minutes ? 

Judge Grammar. — Sing ? I did not know that you could sing 
Madam Verb, but let us hear you sing by all means." 

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Judge Grammar. — And you call that singing, do you, Madam 
Verb? 

Madam Verb. — Dr. Syntax there calls it conjugating, I believe, 
but I think singing is a prettier and easier name for it. 

Judge Grammar. — But it is not a song at all, — there is no tune 
to it, and no rhyme. 

Madam Verb. — But it can easily be made to rhyme if the other 
Parts of Speech will help. — (The following words are then sung to 
the second motive in " The Criminal Cried" from " The Mikado ", 
Key of G, as on the next page. Characters grouped in front of 
stage.) 



A GLIMPSE OF GRAMMARLAND 



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Oh I am an Englishman merry and bold, an Englishman merry and bold. 
flThou art a foreigner out in the cold, a foreigner out in the coldf. 
He is a beggar man hungry and old ; a beggar man hungry and old. 

{Point to Article as " beggar man".) 
We are not happy to see you out there, not happy to see you out there. 
j| You are too snug and warm ever to care, to snug and warm ever to care. | 
They are at home with us now, I declare, at home with us now, I declare. 

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Judge Grammar. — That will do — we do not want to hear any- 
more to-day. Your devoted friend Ad Verb is waiting to be heard. 
Sit down, and let Ad Verb speak. 

Madam Verb. — Devoted friend ! I am sure I often wish she 
would leave me alone. She sticks on to me so tight sometimes 
that we look like one instead of two, and she is a good weight to 
carry. Besides she is always teasing me by asking why and when 
and how everthing is done. Friend indeed ! 



A GLIMPSE OF GRAMMARLAND 13 

(Adverb comes forward, boioing politely, and rubbing her hands 
together, constantly folloiving and annoying Madam Verb.) 

Adverb. — Very much obliged, indeed ; very kind of my friend 
Madam Verb to give way to me ! So very, very like her ! 

Judge Grammar. — You seem to be fonder of her than she is of 
you. Pray why do you follow her so closely ? 

Adverb. — I like to hear what she says, and to point out to others 
how exceedingly well she speaks, 

Madam Verb. — She is always exaggerating my words. If I say 
I like anything, Adverb put in " very much ", " indeed " 3 or " ex- 
tremely well ", or some such silly words ; or if she is in a bad tem- 
per, then she flatly contradicts me, and says " no ", or " not ", or 
" never ". If I say " will ", she adds " not " ; if I say " can " she 
makes it " cannot ", even sticking her word into mine as if it were 
part of it. Sometimes she does worse. She actually dares to alter 
my word after sticking her nose into it, and so she makes will not 
into won't, cannot, into can't, shall not into shan't, and so on. 
The " wo", and the " ca ", and the " sha ", are all she has left me, 
and the " n't " is hers. 

Judge Grammar. — Has she always treated you in that way ? 

Madam Verb. — As long as I can remember, my lord. That is 
why, when we were at school together, the girls called her Ad 
Verb, because she was always adding her words to mine. 

Adverb. — Your lordship must remember that Madam Verbis 
rather out of temper this morning, and is, perhaps, not quite just. 
For indeed, it is a fact that I make her words much more useful 
than they otherwise could do. Besides, I treat Adjective in much 
the same way, and she does not complain. 

Adjective. — It is quite true, it is quite true, that Adverb has 



14 A GLIMPSE OF GRAMMARLAND 

her word to say about me just as much as about Madam Verb. 
She is always — 

Judge Grammar — Well, well. I can't be bothered with any 
more quarrelling between you two. I want to know to whom 
helong all these little creatures that are swarming around under 
foot. {Recites list of prepositions arranged alphabetically.) Pray, 
who is the owner of these mites ? Mr. Noun, are they yours ? 

Noun. — No indeed, my lord, they are not the names of any one 
or anything that I ever heard of. 

Judge Grammar. — Madam Verb, are they yours ? 

Madam Verb. — I should not object to having them, my lord, if 
I could do anything with them, but they seem to me neither to be, 
nor to do, nor to suffer any — 

Judge Grammar. — That will do, that will do. Miss Adjective, 
do you claim them ? 

Adjective. — They do not qualify anything, my lord ; indeed, 
they seem to me to be poor, useless, silly, little — 

Judge Grammar. — We do not want you to qualify them, thank 
you, but only to tell us if they are yours. Article, Pronoun, 
Interjection, Adverb, are they yours ? 

Adverb. — I should be extremely glad to have them, my lord. I 
have no doubt I could make them exceedingly useful. 

Judge Grammar. — Oh, that is not what I asked. Are they 
yours ? 

Adverb. — I cannot say they are exactly mine, but — 

Judge Grammar, — That is all we want to know. ( Very loudly.) 
If there is any one in this court to whom these words, to, from, of, 
for, etc., do belong, let him come forward, 

Preposition. — They belong to me. 



A GLIMPSE OF GRAMMARLAND 15 

Judge Grammar. — And who are you ? 

Preposition. — Preposition, my lord. My position is just before 
a noun or pronoun. My words point out to them their proper 
position. I keep them in order. 

Judge Grammar. — You keep them in order ? How can a little 
mite like you keep Mr. Noun in order ? 

Preposition. — Little or big, my lord, that's what I do. I settle 
the position of every one and everything, and show whether they 
are to be on or under, to or from, up or doivn. 

Adverb. — Kindly forgive me for interrupting you. I really 
must remark that up and down are my words. 

Preposition. — Yes, my lord, but if you say*' up a ladder, down 
a hill", up and down are mine. They show your position on the 
ladder or on the hill ;^and — {Enter Conjunction, with a hop, ship, 
and jump.) 

Judge Grammar. — You are late, sir, where have you been ? 

Conjunction. — I have been for a little holiday trip in the 
Grammar-Laud. The fact is, my turn was so long in coming, and 
the last time I was here your lordship broke up the court in such 
a tern — 

Judge Grammar. — A what, sir ? 

Con junction. — A-hurry, my lord, — in such a hurry, that I did 
not think we should meet again for some time, and so I just 
amused myself on board this palace car at whose terminal station 
I am so necessary. 

Judge Grammar. — Very improper ! as if you were made to 
amuse yourself. Such a thing was never heard of before in Gram- 
mar-land. Ask Dr. Syntax whether conjunctions are used for 
amusement. 



16 A GLIMPSE OF GRAMMARLAND 

Dr. Syntax. — Conjunctions are used to connect words and sen- 
tences. 

Judge Grammar. — There ! You hear what you are used for — to 
connect words and sentences — that is your work, and that is just 
what we have been wanting you for. You have kept the whole 
court waiting while you have been taking a holiday. Your very 
cap ought to shame your. Pray, what does C. J. stand for ? 

Con junction. — Well my lord, the folks in matter-of-fact land 
say that it stands for Clapham Junction, which is a big station 
down there where a great many railways are joined together — or 
apart, as the case may be. Only they ought to understand that 
our trains are words and sentences, and my tools with which I 
joined them are at your service, sir, and if you will allow, sir, I 
will show you how they work. ( Conjunction wears a belt upon which 
are strung variously shaped hooks marked " and ", " that ", "but ", 
" if", etc. Diving in and out among the others he hooks them into 
place, leaving the space which he is himself to fill. They stand in 
the following order: — Interjection, Conj 'unction, Pronoun, Verb, 
Adverb, Preposition, Article, Adjective, Noun, and repeat first 
consecutively and then in concert :) Oh ! That we might always 
attain to the highest ideals ! 

Judge Grammar. — The court is now adjourned. 

(Sergeant Parsing forces his way between the ranks behind which 
lie stood while they recited their motto, and after saluting the Judge 
he gives the order to inarch and they all face about and leave the 
stage.) 



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